Not difficult? What planet was Kou living on? He was making it difficult. He'd been making it difficult the entire time.
And—had he said yes? Had he said no? Or neither at all? Kozue found herself unable to tell, but feeling that no 'no' was a good sign, she answered his question. "Because I realized we don't know each other, I guess. And I didn't ask you before because it's been kind of stressful, recently, and I guess I hadn't been thinking too much."